Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   On this day in history uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles   

Jun 06   On this day in history franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   On this day in history dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60   

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   On this day in history james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"   

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1968.   

Jun 12   In the year 1968 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

Jun 14   Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing on this day in history.   

Jun 19   50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign on this day in history.   

Jun 20   Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1968 ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91   

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

Jun 24   On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 in the year 1968.   

Jun 26   On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies in the year 1968.   

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers in the year 1968.   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 in the year 1968.   

Jun 30   Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections on this day in history.   

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.